Histopathologic features and microsatellite instability of cancers of the papilla of vater and their precursor lesions

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 691-704

  Ruemmele, Petra ^a,b   Dietmaier, Wolfgang ^a   Terracciano, Luigi ^j   Tornillo, Luigi ^j   Bataille, Frauke ^a   Kaiser, Annette ^a   Wuensch, Peter Heinz ^a   Heinmoeller, Ernst ^d   Homayounfar, Kia ^e   Luettges, Jutta ^f   Kloeppel, Guenter ^g   Sessa, Fausto ^k   Edmonston, Tina Bocker ^l   Schneider Stock, Regine ^i,l   Klinkhammer Schalke, Monika ^b   Pauer, Armin ^h   Schick, Stefan ^c   Hofstaedter, Ferdinand ^a   Baumhoer, Daniel ^b   Hartmann, Arndt ⁱ  

^a Institute of Pathology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c Tumor Registry ^*

^d Institute of Pathology   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^f Klinikum Saarbruecken   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^h OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^l THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Ampullary neoplasm; Histomorphology; Long term survival; Microsatellite instability; Molecular characteristics; MSI; Prognostic factor

Indexed keywords

MISMATCH REPAIR PROTEIN; PROTEIN MLH1; PROTEIN MSH2; PROTEIN MSH6; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; G T MISMATCH BINDING PROTEIN; G-T MISMATCH-BINDING PROTEIN; MLH1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MSH2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHYLATION; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PHENOTYPE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VATER PAPILLA CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLOID CARCINOMA; DNA METHYLATION; EUROPE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECANCER; PROMOTER REGION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VATER PAPILLA;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPULLA OF VATER; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMMON BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MISMATCH REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; MUTS HOMOLOG 2 PROTEIN; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65449121439     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181983ef7     Document Type: Article

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